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Three Edinburgh chippies are shortlisted for the 'Best Fish Supper' in the east prize at the 2024 Scottish Fish and Chip Awards. Photo: The Chippy by Spencer

Three incredible Edinburgh chippies up for 'best fish supper' award

Police are appealing for information after a woman was seriously assaulted on a path in a wooded area near the golf club on Abbey Road, Dalkeith. The incident happened between 5.30pm and 6pm on Friday, October 4

Police hunt culprit after 'serious assault' leaves woman in hospital

Police were called to the St Andrew Square area of Edinburhg on Saturday (October 5) after receiving reports of “violence and disorder”

Police lock down city centre as 'violent' brawl sees four charged

Safety improvements to be considered outside primary school

18-week project to upgrade gas mains begins in October

Detour Espresso, a cafe on Argyll Place in Edinburgh, was broken into on Sunday, September 29 at around 3am.

Thieves break into cafe, steal credit card, and buy McDonald's burgers

Farrier Tom Eckford shoeing a horse of the St Cuthbert's Co-operative stables in Grove Street Fountainbridge Edinburgh in November 1975.

27 amazing pictures of people at work in the mid-1970s

The well-maintained private garden with raised decked terrace.

Property: Two-bedroom double upper flat with outbuilding in garden

Jet2 have shared details of their once-in-a-lifetime trips from Edinburgh to Iceland that include Northern Lights tours.

Jet2 launch 'bucket list' trips to 'Northern Lights hotspot'

Edinburgh Festivals

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo set to stun audiences for one final weekend

As the 2024 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Show draws to a close, the cast are set to wow audiences for the final Journeys performances with their incredible vibrancy, colour and spectacle.

Karen Hemmati

6,580 reusable cups have been used by Fringer go-ers

Surgeons Quarter sets the pace at 2024 Fringe

TV star Lorriane Kelly visited The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh city cente following her appearance at the Book Festival

Lorraine Kelly visits 'proper Edinburgh pub' with 'best bar staff'

Edinburgh Fringe-goer Alexander Mezger, 51, from Germany, won 'free beer for a year' after ordering a pint of Innis & Gunn beer on The Mound.

I won 'free beer for a year' after buying pint at Edinburgh Fringe

Take a look through our gallery to see the 10 previous winners of Funniest Joke of the Fringe award.

10 funniest Fringe jokes from previous years

Traffic and Travel

Do you feel safe cycling in Edinburgh?

Edinburgh cyclists weigh in on whether the city is safe

ScotRail services have been suspended following an emergency incident between Haymarket and Linlithgow.

Disruption to train services expected following emergency incident

Edinburgh councillor Graeme Bruce said the lack of progress was 'extremely disappointing'

Drivers 'fed up' with Sheriffhall improvement delays

The slip road exiting the M8 eastbound at Junction 3 Livingston will be closed on the night of October 3 to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to repair defects in the carriageway.

M8 slip road overnight closure for carriageway repairs

Shay Deeny originally lived in Edinburgh before a remote working job opportunity arose and enabled him to move to Amsterdam on his own.

Local man talks about his seamless move to Dutch city

Two teenagers have been arrested after allegedly riding e-scooters in an 'anti-social manner' in East Lothian.

Police arrest two teeangers riding e-scooters in 'anti-social manner'

Crime

A woman was seriously assaulted on a path in a wooded area near the golf club on Abbey Road, Dalkeith. The incident happened between 5.30pm and 6pm on Friday, October 4

Man, 32, arrested after 'serious assault' of woman in wooded area

Three people were rushed to hospital after a black cab hit pedestrians in Glasgow city centre.

Three rushed to hospital as taxi crashes into pedestrians in Glasgow

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Police hunt for male suspect after woman seriously assaulted

Man charged following fatal road crash

The number of housebreakings in East Lothian nearly doubled in the past financial year according to police.

Four break-ins on the same day "potentially" linked say police

Weather

Edinburgh should be able to look forward to an Indian Summer in October

6 ways to soak up the last of the sun as city set for Indian Summer

Oxford Road in Aylesbury has been closed due to flooding this morning

Weather scenes across the UK as cars under water and schools closed

Business

Scroll through our photo gallery to see the 10 most expensive cities in Britain to get on the property ladder, according to Rightmove. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Britain’s 10 most expensive cities for first-time buyers

Browse our picture gallery to see what BBC Good Food reckons to be the 25 of the best restaurants in Edinburgh. Photo: Pixabay

25 amazing places to eat out in Edinburgh - in pictures

Take a look through our gallery to see 12 old Edinburgh pubs which are steeped in history. Photo: Sheep Heid Inn

In pictures: 12 amazing old pubs in Edinburgh

Politics

Thousands joined a pro-Palestine demonstration in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Thousands take part in pro-Palestine demonstration in city centre

Eye Pavilion patients face journey to Livingston during closure

Much-loved social history museum faces prolonged closure

Midlothian Council tenant Sarah Thomson has been left without heating due to an unpaid electricity bill left by the previous occupant

Midlothian Council tenant left without heating over £29 bill

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I had a tiny burger (okay four) in Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: Matthew Mohan-Hickson

I had the tiniest burger I’ve ever seen - and it's a brilliant idea

David Madden (inset) was interviewed for a new documentary about the Freckleton Air Disaster, where he watched most of his classmates get killed 80 years ago.

'I ran through a burning doorway as my classmates got killed'

Could robots take your jobs? Top exec delivers his verdict. Photo: stokkete - stock.adobe.com

6 ways robots will change your life in the near future

Should your kids learn to code? Photo: ipopba - stock.adobe.com

'I’m a Silicon Valley titan and this is my career advice for kids'

Delegates for the European Assembly of Healthcare Clowns

Clowndoctors assemble in Edinburgh

Footballers are most likely to be named Joe

A Name for Success: UK’s Most Influential Jobs go to Men Named John

Environment

Blitz on discarded chewing gum on city's streets and pavements

Circular and Co Leakproof Reusable Coffee Cup

Six easy eco-friendly switches you can make today

People

Take a look through our gallery to see 15 things you'll remember if you grew up in Edinburgh in the 1980s and 1990s.

15 things you'll remember if you grew in the 80s and 90s

Take a trip down memory lane as we look back at what Edinburgh life was like in the 1980s and 1990s.

Gary Flockhart

Scroll through our gallery to see all 10 Edinburgh spots named in the city’s “most peaceful” list. Photo: Dr Neil's Garden

Edinburgh's 10 ‘most peaceful’ beauty spots

Match action from a Hibs match at Easter Road in the 1950s, when 40,000 - 50,000 regularly atteneded matches there, showing the large east terracing, which remained in place until the 1980s. The record attendance at Easter Road is 65,860 for an Edinburgh derby against Hearts on January 2, 1950.

See the changes to seven Capital stadiums over the years

The home is enveloped by manicured gardens, alongside a backdrop of mature trees which ensure excellent privacy. Ample private parking is also assured thanks to a multi-car driveway and a detached double garage.

Property: The perfect modern forever family home

This immaculately presented three-bedroom terraced house is quietly nestled in Leith, and comes with private resident's parking.

Property: Terraced three-bedroom house for sale

Education

An artist's impression of the main hall in the redeveloped Royal High School in Edinburgh.

Heritage charity seeks locals' views on former Royal High building

Morningside’s McLarens on the Corner is running the special offer from Monday to Friday, October 14-18.

Kids eat for free at city restaurant during October school holidays

The Old College opened in 1855 as Daniel Stewart’s Hospital for 50 destitute boys. In 1870 the Edinburgh Merchant Company turned the Hospital into a fee-paying day school and changed the name to Daniel Stewart’s College remodelling the building into a state-of-the-art teaching institution. The old open courtyard at the north side of the building was eventually roofed over and this reopened in 2007 following a multi-million pound rebuild to create a Performing Arts Centre. Visitors will have access to the Old College buildings and an exhibition on the development of education since the early 19th century. Open: Saturday 28 September, 9.30am-12.

Private schools to merge and scrap single sex rule

The old Tynecastle High School at McLeod Street, pictured in 2011, a year after pupils moved up the street to a purpose built new high school. Pupils who went to 'Tynie' in the 80s and 90s will remember the old school building and wonder why it hasn't just fallen down already as it awaits redevelopment work to build student housing for more than 500 people. Even back then the old school building, built in 1912, was in a serious state of disrepair, and who can forget the holes in the curtains?!

Gorgie/ Dalry school memories - in pictures

Edinburgh Retro: 33 amazing pictures of student life in the 1980s

Four students in fancy dress collecting money in Princes Street for the Evening News/Edinburgh Students' Charities Appeal in May 1977.

25 fascinating photos of student life in the 1970s

Health

Danielle lost 42lbs in five months with the Simpler Life app, and is now 72lbs down since joining Simple

Here's what people are saying about weight-loss app with AI coach

Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion. Picture: Greg Macvean

Waiting times set to soar when Eye Pavilion closes for 6 months

Craig Hoy MSP visiting the Haven

Local MSP impressed with Haven in Tranent

Burnley parkrun. Photo by George Webster

I'm a doctor - it's great Parkrun has got thousands more active

Opinion

Buchanan Galleries was to be demolished and repurposed as part of the Avenues Project with much more civic space, office space, retail, leisure, a new hotel and residential developments - its estimated cost was £800 million.

Are letting agents letting us down over retail stores? - Kevin Buckle

I was surprised to hear this week that there has been a rethink about the demolition of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow. The thinking previously had been “shopping centres are dead, long live the net zero mixed-use urban district”.

Kevin Buckle
Ministers set a target in 2020 of cutting traffic by 20 per cent by 2030. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Return to peak-time train fares will only create more rush hour traffic - Vladim...

Sophie Turner stars as real-life criminal mastermind Joan Hannington a the new ITV drama series Joan (Picture: ITV)

Joan may not be the pick of the pops, but it could still be a hit

Shame we missed the Boris Johnson comedy TV show - Vladimir McTavish

Vladimir McTavish

Many students are struggling with their mental health, says Foysol Choudhury

Mental health crisis leaving young people in limbo - Foysol Choudhury

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New space age kitchen already causing friction in the family - Susan Morrison

Homelessness is all around us, says Sue Webber

SNP and Labour in denial of reality on homelessness - Sue Webber

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